AutoScan

AutoScan is an integrated system for scanning slabbed core, whole core or core plugs for gas permeability, resistivity, ultrasonic compressional and shear-wave velocities, composition, mechanical strength, and elastic stiffness. The main hardware component of the AutoScan is a robotic gantry that allows automatic and repeated positioning of the measurement probe(s) using an XY-reference frame for table measurements (see figure). NER designed this measurement platform to facilitate the efficient testing of multiple core samples in a single automated experiment setup. Samples of whole or slabbed core are placed, in any order, anywhere on the usable range of the full table surface